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TABLE STAND AND BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,847, dated October5, 1880.

Application filed April 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, FREDERICK RATOLIFF, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Table Stands and Baskets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompan yin gdrawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to table-stands, cake-baskets, &c.; and itconsists in an improved construction of same, whereby they are arrangedto slide and tilt into any desired position to exhibit same and bereadily adjustable for use.

Figure 1 shows a sectional view of my im' provement as in use in anordinary table-basket. Fig. 2 shows the basket, looking at it edgewise,the dotted line showing position when turned up. Fig. 3 shows the methodof arranging the dish in a rigid handle. Figs. 4 and 5 show themechanism for adjusting and holding the same in required position.

A is the plate or holding-dish; B, the boss or stem attached to same,arranged to work on pivoted rod 0. This rod is provided with twocollars, g, for steadying same in supporting frame G. S is a metallic orelastic stop-button. The frame Gr is attached to base a, and is providedwith a receiving-socket, E, at the crutch, around which is a projectingrounding shield, c, for raising the spring catch-pin D. This acts as acam to raise the catch when dish is turned into position, the catch-pinD being operated by spring d, as shown.

H is the handle and also the dish-support, the pivot-pins 0 being heldin same by sockets f. In this the catch D slides upward from base a andengages with stem B.

One of the sockets f has a corrugated face, which engages with stop-pinI), thus holding dish A in any position; or a spring-catch may beapplied for same purpose. If the dish is arranged to oscillate, aspring-catch can be pro (No model.)

vided at J to retain dishin a flat position with outer frame.

In ordinary table stands and baskets being mounted rigidly on theirstandards they take up much room, and the workmanship on the face ofdish cannot be shown without turning on its side, and while in thisposition they are liable to rollaround and fall, thus inj uring them.

As it is desirable to show the ornamentation on such articles it can bereadily done by my improvement, and at the same time much less room isoccupied in their storage and greater facility in packing obtained bysliding up the spring-bar D, which locks the dish in position. It can beswung edgewise with its standard, the edge of dish bringing up againstthe stopbutton S. This button can be provided with an elastic center,and so avoid bruising the edge if struck against it. v

The spring-bar D acts as a catch to hold the dish or standard inposition firmly, and while giving it strength also forms an ornamentalpart of the construction, an d being simple cannot be disarrangedordinarily. This principle can be applied to many articles of table usewith considerable advantage to their general utility.

I do not limit'myself to the exact method as here shown or applied, asthe same result may be obtained by equivalent means.

The turning part of the dish or plate may be arranged to have atightening screw or spring, so as to enable the dish to be fixed at anydesired angle or position, or could be left free and have a balanceapplied to its under side, so as to oscillate and level itself, and bythis means and having auxiliary hangings it would be found serviceableon shipboard, as it would accommodate itself to the motion of thevessel.

By constructing the stand and dish as shown in Fig. 3 I hang the dish ontrunnions in a ring-handle, thus using the handle to support same, andby being supported on the outer edges and secured by the lock-catch onthe under side it is held firm and rigid, the handle acting as a framefor same, or the handle can be hinged to dish in the ordinary manner andfolded back onto dish.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. The combination of the plate or dish A, pivoted rod 0, collar 9,frame G, shield 12, and

5 spring-catch D, substantially as shown, and

for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the plate or dish A, pivoted rod 0, having collarsg, and frame G, substantially as shown, and for the purpose 10described.

H, pivot-pins 0, socket f, catch D, and stem B, substantially as shown,and for the purpose described.

5. The corrugated socket f, stop-pin I), and dish A, substantially asshown and described. 20

6. In a table stand and basket, the combination of the base a,stop-button S, and dish A, substantially as shown, and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 25 in presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK RATOLIFF. Witnesses:

THOMAS A. TRIPP, OHAs. F. SWIFT.

